Don’t Chase The Cult Of The New

On one of the board gaming forums I frequent the term, “Cult of the new” is frequently tossed about by posters. What they’re referring to are all the new games that come out each year. They’re new, hot, and hyped to the max. People pay exorbitant amounts of money to get their hands on the limited first printing, or buy the games before other people have even played and reviewed them. This is called, “Chasing the cult of the new.” What often happens, though, is that six months later people have actually played those games and found them lacking. Six months down the road those games that people paid hundreds of dollars for can be found for a fraction of tha